Park Gate House

Title

Park Gate House (Park Road)

Date

Undated

Location

Guiseley

Photo ID

A478 + G021 & AA30

Comment

Top: 1910: As early as 1625 children of the Ives and Bailey families have entries in
the Guiseley Church Register with addresses at "Parke Yate" .
Parkgate is
situated off Park Road and dates from around 1725-1735, belonging to the
Marshall family.
Jeremiah Marshall had John Wesley stay as his guest on
several occasions.
In 1815 Benjamin Thompson bought the house and gardens from
the Risdale family, when Sir Matthew William Thompson married Benjamin's
daughter Mary Ann he became the owner and lived there from 1857.
He enlarged the
house and improved the gardens,this is the front view of the house and lake, it
is now divided into apartments (January 2013)

Upper Middle: Park Road, on the right is a lodge and entrance to Park Gate House, former
home of Sir Matthew William Thompson.

Lower Middle: An unknown group of women and children in the drive of Park Gate House,
behind them is the lodge house and Park Road.

Bottom: A
date stone for 1868 with the initials PM.
Before Matthew William Thompson was in residence it belonged to the Marshall
family.

Z103

1904: Janet Culling found this photo on the reverse of a photo in
a frame in her home in Leiston, Suffolk.

It shows Park Gate House after a
snowfall.

Z104

A525

1904: Photo of Park Gate House taken in winter.

allserene

The bottom photo is fascinating - is it at the top of Esholt Estate ? You go along the unmade road from Park Road, Guiseley - we called it "Coach Road". This gate house is now demolished but it was standing when I was a kid. You go through those gates and down the rough cobbled road until you are under the railway bridge at Esholt Junction. Am I on the right spot and is this the old gate house to Esholt Estate ?